Empire Newsletter

Jambo’s James Zhang talked to Empire about potential future fundraising and whether or not he considers Jambo a DePIN

Perhaps it’s not an official US crypto stockpile, but World Liberty Fi is definitely accumulating

Back in 2021, there were really only two memecoins and both hit enormous peaks along with BTC

Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron thinks that yield-bearing stablecoins could be the next big narrative

After seven long years, ICOs could be back on the menu

World Liberty Financial has been busy buying crypto ahead of its launch

Trump’s token is setting the “tone” for crypto, Empire co-host Santiago Santos said

President-elect Donald Trump launching his own coin may have sent crypto on an entirely new path

Coinbase’s Max Branzburg said that the offering is just the start of bringing Coinbase onchain

The XRP roundtrip has come to an end after seven years

Tribe Capital’s Evan Park explains why he’s focusing on DePINs and what he’s looking for specifically when being pitched

Two Solana DePIN projects are teaming up to take on big telecom

As it turns out, the “guardian of online privacy and safety” in China is a memecoin on Solana

K33 analysts no longer think that Donald Trump’s inauguration is a sell the news event

Bitcoin’s had a volatile month so far, but the inauguration might lead to a big move up

A theory on why the overperformance of rivals has little to do with Ethereum itself

Binance’s relationship with memecoins is still going strong

Accountable CEO Wojtek Pawlowski told Blockworks that his firm is looking to reawaken the crypto credit space with more transparency

Asset Reality’s Aidan Larkin explains how the US government offloads bitcoin

Sol Strategies CEO Leah Wald told Blockworks that she’s pleased with the amount of developer activity and enthusiasm in the Solana ecosystem

Rug pulls and crypto scams don’t have to run into the millions to change lives

GSR’s Toe Bautista is keeping a close eye on AI and its potential impacts on crypto

Empire co-hosts Santiago Santos and Jason Yanowitz think bitcoin could top $150,000 by year-end

Haynes Boone partner Matthew Frankle thinks that we could see some crypto lawsuits dropped as Gary Gensler’s era ends